Advanced Geography . he 3,500,000 people livein this city. It carries onmore than half the foreigntrade of our country. The chief exports fromNew York are meats, cotton,petroleum, wheat and of these are sent toGreat Britain and othercountries of western Yorks principal imports are — cloth from Eng-land, Germany and France ; coffee from Brazil and otherparts of tropical America; cane sugar from the WestIndies, and beet sugar from Germany ; tin plate fromEngland ; rubber from Para ; tea from China and York is the greatest manufacturing center in Amer-

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Advanced Geography . he 3,500,000 people livein this city. It carries onmore than half the foreigntrade of our country. The chief exports fromNew York are meats, cotton,petroleum, wheat and of these are sent toGreat Britain and othercountries of western Yorks principal imports are — cloth from Eng-land, Germany and France ; coffee from Brazil and otherparts of tropical America; cane sugar from the WestIndies, and beet sugar from Germany ; tin plate fromEngland ; rubber from Para ; tea from China and York is the greatest manufacturing center in Amer-ica. The total value of the manufactures of this city isgreater than that of all imports into our country. Brooklyn, a borough of New York city, contains about1,000,000 people. In the refining of sugar, Brooklyn 1 See footnote on page 141. IroQ Tyorks, Pennsylvania. Tlie picture shows a huge retort in which hot air is being forced through liquidiron, changing it to steel. { <H 73 B Longitude 72 West 71 D from 70.

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